Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup

Reversing earlier U.S. policy, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the CIA to instigate a coup d'état in Tehran that led to the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq and his government on this day in 1953.

Imam Khomeini revived spirituality, changed political landscape of world

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, was born on the same day of birth anniversary of Hadrat Fatima (PBUH) on the Islamic calendar.

The ‘forgotten’ US shootdown of Iranian airliner Flight 655­

Today marks twenty-nine years since the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air flight 655, which killed all of the plane’s 290 civilian passengers. This shootdown of a civilian airliner by a US naval ship occurred on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War.

Imam Khomeini attached great significance to Islamic and democratic values

US current hostile relationship towards Iran should be traced back to 1953

Birth of Imam Khomeini on the 20th of Jamadí as-Sani was not a mere coincidence

The 20th of Jamadi as-Sani, the auspicious birth anniversary of the Most Noble Lady, Hazrat Fatema az-Zahra (peace be upon her), which is celebrated as “Mother’s Day in the Islamic Republic of Iran, was the day on which one of her devoted servants, the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (God bless his soul), was born.

Imam Khomeini opposed Shah’s dependence on West

The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, had been dependent on the west throughout his rule – a source of anger among Iranian public, who had launched a struggle under leadership of Imam Khomeini against Shah and his western backers. The dependence on foreign powers had led to collapse of Shah regime.

16 Azar (7 December) became official Student Day in Iran after the 1979 Revolution

16 Azar (7 December) has become the official Student Day in Iran after the 1979 Revolution. On that day, December 7, 1953 (16 Azar 1332 in the Iranian calendar) three students of the University of Tehran were murdered by Iranian police in the Pahlavi era. Every year there are local demonstrations at many universities organized by students.